# std::filesystem::directory_entry::hard_link_count

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std::uintmax_t hard_link_count() const; | (1) | (since C++17)
std::uintmax_t hard_link_count( std::error_code& ec ) const noexcept; | (2) | (since C++17)

If the number of hard links is cached in this `directory_entry`, returns the cached value. Otherwise, returns:

1) std::filesystem::hard_link_count(path()),
2) std::filesystem::hard_link_count(path(), ec).

### Parameters

ec | - | out-parameter for error reporting in the non-throwing overload

### Return value

The number of hard links for the referred-to filesystem object.

### Exceptions

Any overload not marked `noexcept` may throw std::bad_alloc if memory allocation fails.

1) Throws std::filesystem::filesystem_error on underlying OS API errors, constructed with p as the first path argument and the OS error code as the error code argument.
2) Sets a std::error_code& parameter to the OS API error code if an OS API call fails, and executes ec.`clear`() if no errors occur.

### Example

| This section is incomplete Reason: no example

### See also

hard_link_count (C++17) | returns the number of hard links referring to the specific file (function)

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